So,
PUBG Corp was suing Epic Games'
Fortnite because they claimed the game was infringing copyright with their
Fortnite's Battle Royale mode. The lawsuit actually was against the Korean unit of Epic Games—which is actually based in North Carolina—and, as such, was filed in South Korea.
The reason for this lawsuit is that
Player's Unknown Battlegrounds(
PUBG) was released last year and it featured a mode in which 100 players would race to kill each other until the last mand standing wins the match. This concept is very similar, in execution, to
Fortnite's Battle Royale mode, in which 100 players are dropped into the battlefield to race and kill each other until the last mand standing wins the match. The differences were that
Fortnite features a more cartoony look, and allows players to build forts to protect themselves from other players—that and the fact that
Fortnite is actually a free-to-play game, not to mention that is a way more popular title than
PUBG.
The
PUBG lawsuit was first filed late in May and was suing Epic Games' Fortnite for copyright infringement due to the similarities in the Battle Royale mode in an attempt to
protect their copyrights. The lawsuit has now been dropped as
PUBG Corp sent a withdrawal letter to
Epic Games Inc.'s attorneys, thus putting an end to the South Korean case. According to
Bloomberg, the
PUBG Corp has confirmed the action but have yet to disclose whether a settlement has been reached, or the reason why they decided to drop the lawsuit.
Hopefully that's the final nail in the
PUBG Vs Fortnite lawsuit coffin, especially because the whole issue was about a copyright that may have not even existed in the first place. The lawsuit was rather vague and it would be the equivallent of a random videogame company suing games that feature multiplayer modes because there is an obscure copyright that claims multiplayer belongs to that one and only videogame company. Again, it was a vague accusation.